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The recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.Ìý This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required.Ìý If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and may extend degree completion.

NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2020-2021 academic year.

First Year

Fall Semester

  • Gen Ed: Quantitative Reasoning – (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed: (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed: (HRS 4)
  • Major: (HRS 4)
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Spring Semester

  • Major: (HRS 4)
  • Major: OR WI (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed: formerly known asÌýÌý (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed: (HRS 4)
  • Career Pathways:
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Second Year

Fall Semester

  • Major: (HRS 4)
  • Major: WI (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed: (HRS 4)
  • Minor Requirement* (HRS 4)
  • Career Pathways:
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Spring Semester

  • Minor Requirement* (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed: Ìý(HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): ; ; or (HRS 4)
  • General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
  • Career Pathways:
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Third Year

Fall Semester

  • Major: WI (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): ; ; or (HRS 4)
  • Minor Requirement* (HRS 4)
  • Minor Requirement* (HRS 4)
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Spring Semester

  • Major: (HRS 4)
  • Major: (HRS 4)
  • Gen Ed: (HRS 4)
  • Minor Requirement* (HRS 4)
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

  • Major: (HRS 4)
  • Major: (HRS 4)
  • Minor Requirement*/Elective (HRS 4)
  • General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Spring Semester

  • Major: WI (HRS 4)
  • DATA Elective (HRS 4)
  • General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
  • General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
  • Total: (HRS 16)

Total Credits Required: 128 credits

GPA Required: 2.0

WI: Writing Intensive-3 required in the major

* As part of their degree requirements, Data Science majors are also required to complete a minor or double major to gain domain knowledge in a particular field, to better contextualize their data studies. Most minor programs require 5-6 courses. Any minor or second major can be selected: /majors-minors/a-z/